On May 8, 1822, the last day of the First Session of the 17th Congress, Henry Baldwin (DR) of Pennsylvania's 14th district resigned from Congress.[ 1] A special election was held on October 1, 1822, to fill the resulting vacancy.
Election results
Candidate
Party
Votes[ 2]
Percent
Walter Forward
Democratic-Republican
2,676
58.2%
Ephraim Pentland
Independent
1,921
41.8%
Forward took his seat on December 2, 1822[ 3]
See also
References
^ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012 . footnote 44
^ Cox, Harold E. (January 14, 2007). "17th Congress 1821–1823" (PDF) . Wilkes University Election Statistics Project .
^ "Seventeenth Congress March 4, 1821, to March 3, 1823" (PDF) . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2012 . footnote 45